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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 15, 2022 at 7:29 PM

Join ATF, Robert Reich and our allies on Monday for a virtual Tax Day event to #TaxBillionaires

This Tax Day, join Americans for Tax Fairness and our allies including Senator Ron Wyden, Representative Jamaal Bowman, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and more for a virtual event to demand billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes. John, Monday is Tax Day. And…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 14, 2022 at 5:51 PM

Will you send a postcard to Jeff Bezos?

As millions of Americans have suffered through the pandemic, Jeff Bezos has seen his wealth balloon to $190 billion―a $77 billion leap. John, A new Americans for Tax Fairness report shows that America’s now 740 billionaires have seen their wealth grow by a whopping $2 trillion du…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 12, 2022 at 8:36 PM

RSVP: Virtual #TaxBillionaires event with Robert Reich and more!

This Tax Day, join Americans for Tax Fairness and our allies including former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Senator Ron Wyden, Representative Jamaal Bowman and more for a virtual event to demand billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes. John, The American people are…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
April 10, 2022 at 3:31 PM

RE: [take action] Tell Congress to pass a billionaires income tax

This Tax Day, working families across the country will pay their fair share in taxes—at an average 13% tax rate. Billionaires will pay around 8%... if they pay at all. John, It’s no secret that working people like you and I are being hit much harder at the gas station and grocery…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 9, 2022 at 4:29 PM

[take action] Tell Congress to pass a billionaires income tax

This Tax Day, working families across the country will pay their fair share in taxes—at an average 13% tax rate. Billionaires will pay around 8%... if they pay at all. John, Did you know that our tax code taxes income from work, but it doesn’t tax income from wealth, like corpora…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 6, 2022 at 3:55 PM

RE: VIDEO: Watch Fox News eviscerate this Republican tax plan

Their goal is to continue consolidating wealth and power among an elite few. John, Our Digital Director, Andrea, has produced a new video contrasting Sen. Rick Scott’s tax plan against President Biden’s plan to tax billionaire wealth. Even Fox News had a field day tearing apart t…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
April 5, 2022 at 4:57 PM

VIDEO: Watch Fox News eviscerate this Republican tax plan

Their goal is to continue consolidating wealth and power among an elite few. John, When even Fox News holds Republicans accountable for a bad tax plan, you know it must be really bad.[1] Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), the chairman of the GOP’s Senate election committee, has introduc…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
April 3, 2022 at 3:54 PM

RE: [take action] Help President Biden and us demand Congress start taxing billionaire wealth

President Biden has introduced a budget that includes a billionaires income tax to finally start taxing wealth like work. Tell Congress: “It’s time to end an unfair tax code that rewards wealth over work. We need you to require the ultrarich to pay their fair share of taxes t…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
April 2, 2022 at 5:12 PM

Tell Congress: Tax wealth like work. Pass a Billionaires Income Tax.

President Biden has introduced a budget that includes a billionaires income tax to finally start taxing wealth like work. John, Did you know that in multiple years, billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Warren Buffett and Michael Bloomberg paid zero dollars in federal income taxes?…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
April 1, 2022 at 3:21 PM

RE: TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to act on President Biden’s budget, which lowers costs for working families while making the rich pay more of their fair share

The president’s budget would be paid for by unrigging our tax code to make sure the rich and corporations pay their fair share―including taxing wealth like work. John, Did you know that inflation, which is primarily caused by gas price hikes from Putin’s war and from pandemic sup…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 31, 2022 at 11:20 PM

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to act on President Biden’s budget, which lowers costs for working families while making the rich pay more of their fair share

The president’s budget would be paid for by unrigging our tax code to make sure the rich and corporations pay their fair share―including taxing wealth like work. John, When President Biden’s Build Back Better plan stalled in the Senate late last year, it wasn’t because it wasn’t …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 29, 2022 at 3:45 PM

RE: President Biden wants to tax billionaire wealth gains. Is Congress ready to act?

This is a critical moment. Since last summer, ATF has been leading the charge to implement a Billionaires Income Tax so that billionaires pay taxes on their wealth gains each year just like workers pay on our paychecks. John, Did you see the big news: This is a critical momen…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 28, 2022 at 9:48 PM

President Biden wants to tax billionaire wealth gains. Is Congress ready to act?

Together, since last summer we have demanded a Billionaires Income Tax and now President Biden is including it in his proposed federal budget. John, President Biden just released a proposed budget for the entire federal government, which is a roadmap to investing in our communiti…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 27, 2022 at 3:33 PM

RE: Tell Congress to protect the American people from Big Oil’s price gouging

The revenue raised from the Big Oil windfall profits tax would be returned to consumers as a monthly, advanced, refundable tax credit. John, The newly introduced Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act is critical to curbing excess profits of Big Oil and helping consumers strug…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 26, 2022 at 4:34 PM

Demand a windfall profits tax on Big Oil:

The revenue raised from the Big Oil windfall profits tax would be returned to consumers as a monthly, advanced, refundable tax credit. John, 73% of voters are rightly concerned about rising gas prices.[1] Last year the largest oil corporations raked in a combined $205 billion in …
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 25, 2022 at 2:21 PM

RE: You asked for it and Congress has responded.

The revenue raised would be returned to consumers as a monthly, advanced, refundable tax credit. John, According to brand new polling, 73% of voters are concerned about gas prices―and the same amount want President Biden and Congress to take action.[1] Thankfully, there’s somethi…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 24, 2022 at 4:11 PM

You asked for it and Congress has responded.

The revenue raised would be returned to consumers as a monthly, advanced, refundable tax credit. John, You asked for it and Congress has responded. Last week, we joined with allies from across the country in calling on Congress to implement a windfall profits tax on Big Oil’s re…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 23, 2022 at 3:31 PM

RE: Chair of the Republican Senatorial Committee wants to “sunset Social Security and Medicare”

Rick Scott’s plan increases taxes on millions of Americans and “sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years.” John, When Donald Trump signed his tax scam into law, he handed trillions of dollars to the rich and corporations. But apparently that wasn’t enough. Now Sena…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 22, 2022 at 8:28 PM

Chair of the Republican Senatorial Committee wants to “sunset Social Security and Medicare”

Rick Scott’s plan increases taxes on millions of Americans and “sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years.” John, What’s the Republican agenda if they win back the Senate in November? Senator Rick Scott, chairman of the national committee that elects Republicans to …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 19, 2022 at 2:42 PM

RE: These billion-dollar corporations are price gouging consumers while dodging taxes >>

To combat this reckless price gouging, we’re demanding Congress pass a 15% Corporate Profits Minimum Tax and a 15% minimum tax on offshore corporate profits, which together would raise $630 billion over 10 years. John, Billionaire business owners are seeing their wealth skyrocket…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 18, 2022 at 6:48 PM

These billion-dollar corporations are price gouging consumers while dodging taxes >>

To combat this reckless price gouging, we’re demanding Congress pass a 15% Corporate Profits Minimum Tax and a 15% minimum tax on offshore corporate profits, which together would raise $630 billion over 10 years. John, Billion-dollar corporations are using rising inflation caused…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 16, 2022 at 2:52 PM

RE: Sign the Petition: Demand Congress enact a tax on Big Oil’s windfall profits

Oil and gas corporations are reaping windfall profits from the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. Tell Congress: “Pass a windfall profits tax on oil and gas corporations and rebate those excess profits to consumers struggling with high gas costs.” ADD YOUR NAME …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 15, 2022 at 7:04 PM

Sign the Petition: Demand Congress enact a tax on Big Oil’s windfall profits

Oil and gas corporations are reaping windfall profits from the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. John, Oil and gas corporations are reaping a bonanza from higher gas prices caused by pandemic supply chain disruptions and Russia’s war in Ukraine.[1] This comes after a year in …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 13, 2022 at 2:01 PM

RE: INFOGRAPHIC: “Remind me why we don’t tax billionaire wealth again?”

According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness, America’s 704 billionaires have gotten $1.7 TRILLION richer over the two years of the pandemic. John, Two years into the biggest national health crisis in recent history, U.S. billionaires’ wealth continues to soar. Accordi…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 12, 2022 at 5:49 PM

INFOGRAPHIC: “Remind me why we don’t tax billionaire wealth again?”

According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness, America’s 704 billionaires have gotten $1.7 TRILLION richer over the two years of the pandemic. John, According to a new report by Americans for Tax Fairness, America’s 704 billionaires have gotten $1.7 TRILLION richer over…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 10, 2022 at 7:59 PM

More than 2 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. Here’s what we can do to help:

Thank you for all that you do to fight for everyday people in the face of reckless greed and violence. John, As Russia and Vladimir Putin continue their war for money and power, more than 2 million Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes. According to the humanitarian aid…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 8, 2022 at 5:51 PM

RE: Demand Congress make billion-dollar corporations like Nike and FedEx pay their fair share in taxes

For decades corporations have gotten away with paying little to nothing in federal income taxes thanks to high-priced Washington, DC lobbyists rigging our tax system. Tell Congress: “Make billion-dollar corporations pay their fair share. Implement a minimum 15% tax on U.S. co…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
March 8, 2022 at 1:39 AM

Demand Congress make billion-dollar corporations like Nike and FedEx pay their fair share in taxes

For decades corporations have gotten away with paying little to nothing in federal income taxes thanks to high-priced Washington, DC lobbyists rigging our tax system. John, If you paid federal income taxes last year, you probably paid a higher tax rate than billion-dollar corpora…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 5, 2022 at 4:19 PM

RE: Hold baseball’s billionaire owners accountable:

How many of baseball’s owners are billionaires? We’ve done the research. Tell Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred: “Don’t let billionaire greed kill America’s pastime. Negotiate in good faith and pay players fairly.” ADD YOUR NAME John, From Oakla…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
March 4, 2022 at 6:29 PM

Hold baseball’s billionaire owners accountable:

How many of baseball’s owners are billionaires? We’ve done the research. John, This week, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that at least the first two series of baseball’s regular season games have been canceled. But it didn’t have to be this way. Back in…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
March 1, 2022 at 5:35 PM

What do you want to hear at the State of the Union?

The Biden administration is upending trickle-down economics by putting working people first. The next step? Making billionaires and corporations pay their fair share! John, At last year’s address before Congress, President Biden declared, “My fellow Americans, trickle-down econom…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 27, 2022 at 4:21 PM

RE: How can fixing the tax code promote racial equity?

Centuries of systemic racism has meant lower incomes, less wealth, and fewer opportunities for Black communities. John, Did you see Andrea’s email below about how our rigged tax system is leading to wider income and wealth disparities between Black and white Americans? To help d…
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  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
February 26, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Tax fairness promotes racial equity

Centuries of systemic racism has meant lower incomes, less wealth, and fewer opportunities for Black communities. John, The racial wealth gap is getting worse. The Trump-GOP tax scam, passed in late 2017, handed nearly 80% of its benefits to white households, while Black househo…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
February 25, 2022 at 4:55 PM

RE: GOP leader proposes plan to slash IRS so it can’t audit billionaires and big corporations

New GOP Senate leadership plan would raise taxes on 100 million working people while protecting tax-dodging by Amazon, Jeff Bezos and other billionaires and big corporations! John, It’s no surprise that the GOP’s “11 Point Plan to Rescue America” attacks working families while pr…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 24, 2022 at 5:34 PM

GOP leader proposes plan to slash IRS so it can’t audit billionaires and big corporations

New GOP Senate leadership plan would raise taxes on 100 million working people while protecting tax-dodging by Amazon, Jeff Bezos and other billionaires and big corporations! John, This week, Senator Rick Scott, a multimillionaire member of the Senate GOP leadership and chair of …
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 23, 2022 at 3:03 PM

RE: While you and I pay into Social Security on all of our earnings, that’s not the case for millionaires and billionaires.

While you and I pay into Social Security on all of our earnings, that’s not the case for millionaires and billionaires. John, With every paycheck we earn, we pay into our earned benefits with the knowledge that Social Security will be there for us in retirement, or if we become d…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 22, 2022 at 5:53 PM

Scrap the cap!

While you and I pay into Social Security on all of our earnings, that’s not the case for millionaires and billionaires. John, This week, millionaires stop paying into Social Security. That’s because once you earn $147,000 in 2022, you stop contributing to Social Security. And som…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
February 19, 2022 at 4:20 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Netflix shouldn’t get away with paying just 1% in taxes

“Two-thirds of voters believe raising taxes on the wealthiest and corporations will help the economy.” John, Last year, the U.S. House passed a Corporate Profits Minimum Tax to ensure corporations with annual net income over $1 billion don’t get away with paying $0 in taxes. Even…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 18, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Tell Congress: Netflix shouldn’t get away with paying just 1% in taxes

“Two-thirds of voters believe raising taxes on the wealthiest and corporations will help the economy.” John, Due to a tax code written by clever tax lawyers and Wall Street lobbyists, too many large, wealthy corporations can get away with paying little to nothing in federal incom…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
February 16, 2022 at 3:21 PM

RE: This is how we stop Amazon and Netflix from dodging billions of dollars in taxes each year

Wealthy corporations have never had it so good―raking in record profits while paying virtually nothing in federal income tax. John, Large, profitable corporations such as Amazon[1] and Netflix[2] are raking in record profits while paying little in federal income taxes, according …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 15, 2022 at 5:46 PM

This is how we stop Amazon and Netflix from dodging billions of dollars in taxes each year

Wealthy corporations have never had it so good―raking in record profits while paying virtually nothing in federal income tax. John, Wealthy corporations have never had it so good―raking in record profits while paying little if anything in federal income taxes. Two new reports sh…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 13, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Tell Congress: Close loopholes abused by America’s wealthiest family dynasties

Since 2000, estate taxes paid have dropped from $24.4 billion to just $9.3 billion―and have declined by half since the 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam. Tell Congress: “Stop America’s wealthiest family dynasties from dodging TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS in estate and gift taxes.” ADD …
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 12, 2022 at 6:50 PM

[take action] Stop America’s wealthiest family dynasties from passing their fortunes on to their heirs virtually tax free

Just half of the $8.4 trillion these dynastic families may avoid in taxes could pay for 24 years of the expanded Child Tax Credit. John, America’s wealthiest family dynasties―like the Waltons and Kochs―are set to pass $21 trillion on to their heirs over the next two decades virtua…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 10, 2022 at 10:30 PM

Demand Congress Act: Two-thirds of programs of critical importance to low-income and working families lost ground in 2021 due to Republican intransigence.

More than a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, and at a time of rising inflation, Congress’ inaction is hurting those most in need. John, Due to Republican intransigence, Congress is poised to pass yet another short-term, stopgap spending bill to keep the government running. While…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 8, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Do you qualify for the expanded Child Tax Credit or Earned Income Tax Credit? Check out these free resources >>

If you haven’t already filed your tax returns, check out these free resources to file your taxes and get your refund: John, Last year, the Child Tax Credit (CTC) reached a historic number of households, boosting the purchasing power of families of 65 million children―reducing chi…
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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
February 6, 2022 at 4:23 PM

RE: NEW REPORT: America’s wealthiest family dynasties could dodge $8.4 TRILLION in estate and gift taxes

Americans for Tax Fairness is fighting alongside our champions in Congress such as Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to close tax loopholes abused by the richest 1%. John, Billionaires got $2.1 trillion―an astonishing 70%―wealthier during the pandemic, according to Am…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 5, 2022 at 6:19 PM

NEW REPORT: America’s wealthiest family dynasties could dodge $8.4 TRILLION in estate and gift taxes

Americans for Tax Fairness is fighting alongside our champions in Congress such as Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren to close tax loopholes abused by the richest 1%. John, America’s wealthiest family dynasties―like the Waltons and Kochs―are set to pass $21 trillion on…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
February 2, 2022 at 3:16 PM

RE: UPDATE: Elizabeth Warren joins us in demanding Congress fully fund the IRS

Already, more than 20,000 people have signed our petition demanding Congress act. And now, Senator Elizabeth Warren is joining our call to action. John, Momentum is on our side. Last week, Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund and our national allies called on Congress to inves…
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  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
February 1, 2022 at 6:33 PM

UPDATE: Elizabeth Warren joins us in demanding Congress fully fund the IRS

Already, more than 20,000 people have signed our petition demanding Congress act. And now, Senator Elizabeth Warren is joining our call to action. John, After decades of disinvestment in the IRS, the American people are speaking out―demanding the IRS have the resources it needs t…
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  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
January 29, 2022 at 3:49 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Give the IRS the resources it needs to crack down on wealthy tax cheats and effectively serve law-abiding taxpayers.

For decades, congressional Republicans have defunded the IRS, resulting in a loss of 14,000 workers who process tax claims, audit tax dodgers and provide customer service to taxpayers on complex tax issues. John, Due to decades of disinvestment by congressional Republicans, and …
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